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Pope appoints three cardinals to help lead synod on Amazon
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Sep 9, 2019
Pope Francis appointed three delegate presidents for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
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In Colombia, bishops, religious listen to Amazonians before synod
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Aug 15, 2019
Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia’s capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon this fall at the Vatican.
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Synod emphasizes Church’s mission to defend the vulnerable, cardinal says
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Jul 18, 2019
The objective of the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is to highlight the need for religious, political and social leaders to come together and defend the dignity of indigenous men, women and children and an ecosystem that is crucial to the environment, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo.
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Peruvian cardinal calls recent scandals a ‘wound’ in the Church
- Church in the Americas
- May 25, 2019
Peruvian Cardinal Ricardo Barreto Jimeno has said recent scandals upsetting the local church, including revelations of sexual abuse within a prominent lay group and a very public case of an archbishop launching criminal complaints against two journalists, have been harmful to Catholics.
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Peruvian ‘prophet’ of the Amazon says world’s lung needs attention
- Church in the Americas
- May 24, 2019
Cardinal Ricardo Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo, Peru, a long-time advocate for an ecological agenda in the Amazon and one of those tasked with organizing this year’s synod on the region, has said the “world’s lung” is diminishing, and it has to be stopped before it’s too late.
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Cardinals rue Amazon priest shortage, but don’t offer solutions
- Church in the Americas
- May 17, 2019
Two of the heaviest-hitting cardinals with a hand in organizing the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon have voiced concern about the priest shortage in the region but shied away from offering concrete proposals for how to fix the problem.
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